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Posted May 30, 2011
The shortest version of this question is that this mod has added

alias run "-speed;bind SHIFT walk"
alias walk "+speed;bind SHIFT run"
bind SHIFT walk

to the autoexc.cfg file to change the shift key from hold down to toggle. I need it to go back to hold down so I can make a gamepad profile. If I delete those three line then the Shift key does nothing. I have tried leaving the bind SHIFT walk but it doesnt help either.

Driving me crazy because I know it is something simple that a programmer to do 10 different ways in 3 seconds Arrggg!
Posted May 30, 2011
If it's a GOG game I'd suggest the game's subforum here on GOG. If not I'd suggest someone probably has your problem solved in the game's official forums.
Posted May 30, 2011
Is it International Let's Not Tell Anyone What Game We're Talking About Day or something?
Posted May 30, 2011
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Navagon: Is it International Let's Not Tell Anyone What Game We're Talking About Day or something?
You caught me, The specific game I am trying to alter at the moment is Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
but I searched the internet and there are dozens of games including NWN (which I own though here so just pretend this is a Neverwinter Nights question) that have used that script to change walk/run from a hold to a toggle.
The problem is that none of those forums explains how to change it back from toggle to hold, I figured I would try here because the GoG forums are always active and usually has some real gear-heads around
Posted May 30, 2011
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korniatm: You caught me, The specific game I am trying to alter at the moment is Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Ah, okay. So are we talking about the unofficial patch here, or something else? I don't remember that changing crouch to a toggle.

I take if you've tried backing up the cfg file before installing the mod and then copy pasting across the relevant data from the backed up cfg to the modified one?
Posted May 30, 2011
I don't think there is a standard format and behaviour for config files. They are just places that developers store configuration data, to then be used as they wish (maybe there is some esoteric gaming standard that I'm unaware of). So because you can do it in one game, does not mean that it can be done in another.

However the developer that keeps posting updates for VtmB is very active, and you could probably track him down and email him, or post in a forum he posts in.
Posted May 30, 2011
I am using the unoffical patch and the Camerilla Edition patch. I used their forums and yes they posted quickly but they were both temporarily stumped. Other than for a game pad (which doesnt seem very popular) there would be very little reason to change it back from a toggle. I was hoping someone here knew a way to make a new alias to restore it.
Posted May 30, 2011
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korniatm: [...]
If you delete the lines from that custom cfg, can't you just bind Shift key to run again from in-game menu?
Post edited May 30, 2011 by Thiev
Posted May 30, 2011
no, after I remove those line the shift key becomes non-functional. I tried putting a bind Shift walk in the autoexec.cfg, the user.cfg and the config.cfg. none of them worked. Maybe I had the line wrong?

I used

bind SHIFT walk
and
bind "SHIFT" "+speed"

neither of those lines worked
Posted May 30, 2011
The line in the default unpatched VTMB config.cfg is:

bind "SHIFT" "+speed"

meaning, something else prevents your cfg from working.

When you remove all cfg files from Vampire\cfg directory, can you start the game and bind keys anew (through in-game options menu)?
Post edited May 30, 2011 by Thiev
Posted May 30, 2011
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Navagon: Is it International Let's Not Tell Anyone What Game We're Talking About Day or something?
Ah, is it that time again? Creeps up on me every year. Well, I'd love to stay and chat but I have to get back to playing... something.
Posted May 30, 2011
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korniatm: The shortest version of this question is that this mod has added

alias run "-speed;bind SHIFT walk"
alias walk "+speed;bind SHIFT run"
bind SHIFT walk

to the autoexc.cfg file to change the shift key from hold down to toggle. I need it to go back to hold down so I can make a gamepad profile. If I delete those three line then the Shift key does nothing. I have tried leaving the bind SHIFT walk but it doesnt help either.

Driving me crazy because I know it is something simple that a programmer to do 10 different ways in 3 seconds Arrggg!
The alias part means that whenever I use "run" replace it with the following "-speed;bind SHIFT walk" and when I use "walk replace it with the following "+speed;bind SHIFT run"
So, the bind SHIFT walk means that when you press the SHIFT button, you increase your speed and rebind the SHIFT button. So, try "Bind SHIFT +speed" (or -speed) and see if that solves your problem
Posted May 30, 2011
Well, the game is based on the Source engine so you could try running it with the -autoconfig launch option which resets everything to the defaults.
Posted May 30, 2011
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Thiev: The line in the default unpatched VTMB config.cfg is:

bind "SHIFT" "+speed"

meaning, something else prevents your cfg from working.

When you remove all cfg files from Vampire\cfg directory, can you start the game and bind keys anew (through in-game options menu)?
Doesn't work. When you go into the in-game options the walk/run line is a different color and cannot be modified from "shift" Maybe they changed something deeper in the code? Maybe I could add a new line to essentally create a hold to walk/run key?
can I create an alias that will allow a free key to be used for that?

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AndrewC: Well, the game is based on the Source engine so you could try running it with the -autoconfig launch option which resets everything to the defaults.
where would I find that autocong file?
Post edited May 30, 2011 by korniatm
Posted May 30, 2011
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korniatm: where would I find that autocong file?
You don't find it, if you have the game on Steam you right click the game in the Steam library, select properties and then set launch options and there you add -autoconfig or if not right click the shortcut to the game, go to properties and add -autoconfig at the end of the target field, after the closing "

You need to remove it after the first run or it'll reset everything again the next time you run it :)
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